By Jonathan Kalmus,
May 30, 2013
A suspected
British paedophile has become one of only a tiny number of people in Israel’s
history not to be granted citizenship under the Law of Return.
Todros
Grynhaus, from Salford, fled to Israel on a false passport shortly after
pleading not guilty in court to seven counts of sexual assault on three
children.
The former
teacher was arrested in Jerusalem in February but appealed against his deportation
under the Law of Return.
This week
Israeli interior minister Gideon Sa’ar made the rare decision to deny
citizenship under an exemption that bars anyone who may endanger public
welfare.
Famously two
other men have faced exclusion from Israel under the exemption. Meyer Lansky,
an American mobster who was deported in 1970 to the US for tax evasion, and
Victor Vancier, the American activist who is banned from Israel for allegiance
to the late Rabbi Meir Kahane and his Kach party which was outlawed in Israel
in 1994.
Lawyers
acting for the 48-year-old Mr Grynhaus said they intended to fight the
minister’s decision in Israel’s supreme court.
The UK Home
Office said it would not confirm if it is making an extradition application for
Mr Grynhaus.
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